Outbreak of Salmonella enteritidis gastroenteritis: Investigation by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Thong, Kwai Lin ^a   Puthucheary, Savithri ^b   Pang, Tikki ^c  

^a Ctr for Found Studies in Science

^b Department of Medical Microbiology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gastroenteritis; PFGE typing; S. enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROBE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0031925141     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(98)90120-5     Document Type: Article

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